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  Seoul (AFP) April 26, 2018 Experts have cast doubt on Chinese scientists' claims that North Korea's main underground nuclear test site has been rendered unusable after collapsing due to a massive blast last year. A study by seismologists from the University of Science and Technology of China suggested rock had collapsed under Mount Mantap in the country's northeast after a nuclear test in September that triggered a 6.3-magnitude earthquake. An English-language abstract by the study authors in another section of the univer ... read more |
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Seven decades of danger and detente between two KoreasSeoul (AFP) April 27, 2018 North and South Korea held their third summit Friday, stirring hopes of peace following years of tensions over the North's nuclear and missile tests. ... more 
Trump says 3 or 4 dates possible for Kim Jong Un summitWashington (AFP) April 26, 2018 US President Donald Trump said Thursday that three or four possible dates were being considered for his landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ... more  
New US envoy Pompeo takes Trump spending message to NATOBrussels (AFP) April 27, 2018 President Donald Trump's brand new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will spend his first full day in office Friday hammering home one of his boss's oldest themes - demanding that NATO allies pay their way. ... more 
China, India leaders to hold summit after border rowBeijing (AFP) April 27, 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to repair strained ties at a summit on Friday after an intense border dispute last year marred relations. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman wins contract for REAM programWashington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract for services in support of the Reactive Electronic Attack Measures program. ... more  
#MeToo activists use blockchain to skirt China censorsBeijing (AFP) April 27, 2018 Attempts to silence a student who drew attention to sexual abuse allegations at a Chinese university have inspired tech-savvy activists to use blockchain technology to dodge censors and keep the fledgling #MeToo movement alive. ... more  
Taiwan veterans clash with police in pension protestTaipei (AFP) April 25, 2018 Taiwanese military veterans on Wednesday scuffled with police as they tried to storm parliament in the latest of a series of protests against planned pension cuts. ... more 
China sends bombers around Taiwan in new show of forceBeijing (AFP) April 26, 2018 China flew bombers and fighter jets around Taiwan on Thursday, officials said, in a new show of force that the defence ministry said was directed at "independence forces" on the self-ruled island. ... more 
Taiwan court upholds jail term for Chinese student spyTaipei (AFP) April 26, 2018 Taiwan's high court Thursday upheld the conviction of a former Chinese student on charges of recruiting spies for Beijing, saying his actions had posed serious threats to the island. ... more |
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Time now the enemy in battle to find missing GIs in jungles of VietnamHanoi (AFP) April 27, 2018 When Tycoria Johnson told her family she was going to Vietnam to help recover the remains of an American killed there during the war, her mother was proud - but anxious. ... more  |
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US-led anti-IS coalition admits 28 more civilian deathsWashington (AFP) April 26, 2018 The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq acknowledged Thursday the deaths of another 28 civilians, increasing the overall toll of non-fighters killed to at least 883. ... more 
Macron wants global effort to cut off extremist funds; French special forces now in SyriaParis (AFP) April 26, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for more cooperation to deny jihadist movements the financing they need to carry out attacks, as dozens of ministers met to discuss how to cut off funds for extremists. ... more  
Iraqi PM takes election campaign to Kurdish capitalArbil, Iraq (AFP) April 26, 2018 Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday took his campaign for Iraq's May 12 elections to the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, seven months after its ill-fated independence referendum. ... more 
Trump, Macron call for 'new' nuclear deal with IranWashington (AFP) April 25, 2018 US President Donald Trump and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called for a "new" deal with Iran Tuesday, looking beyond disagreements over a landmark nuclear accord that still hangs in the balance. ... more 
Nuclear radiation detecting device could lead to new homeland security toolChicago IL (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection that could provide a significantly less ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) April 22, 2018  Saudi air defences on Sunday intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels at the kingdom's southern border city of Najran, which set a farm ablaze, state media said.
"Saudi forces were able to intercept (the missile)," the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Huthi rebels.
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air-to-air missiles under foreign military sales.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $12 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 23, 2018 
AeroVironment has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide hardware and parts for Switchblade miniature aerial missile systems.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $44.6 million, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from Army Contracting Command enables AeroVironment, out of Simi Valley, Calif., to provid ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
The Harris Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for counter communication systems.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $44.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Superiority Syste ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 24, 2018 
New Guinea warriors harvested thigh bones from their dead fathers to fashion into ornamental but deadly daggers used to kill and maim enemies, sometimes to eat them.
But why use human bone when equally lethal daggers were made from the shin bones of large, flightless birds called cassowaries - abundant, and easier to catch and kill?
Experts have long hesitated between inherent bone rugg ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 24, 2018 
BAE Systems this week applauded the Australian government's release of the Defense Industrial Capability Plan.
The plan, announced Monday, is billed as a critical tool for growing Australia's economy by recognizing the opportunity the defense industry can have on it's gross domestic product.
"Australia's defense industry plays a critical role in delivering the technology, innovat ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 25, 2018 
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday rejected the prospect of meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying doing so without consulting Beijing first would trigger a "crisis" with China's government.
Macron, speaking at a town hall with George Washington University students in the US capital at the tail end of his state visit, said he met in Paris with the "very inspiring" exiled Tibetan spir ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Cells and the machinery they encase are soft matter - shape-shifting multicomponent systems with an overwhelming richness of forms. But, these squishy packages are hard targets for potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications that exploit nanomaterials, from quantum dots that light up specific tissues to nanocages carrying drug payloads.
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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) April 26, 2018 
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday took his campaign for Iraq's May 12 elections to the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, seven months after its ill-fated independence referendum.
"Today we are all under the tent of Iraq, and whoever wants separation will be torn apart by hyenas," he said on arrival at the airport in Arbil where he was greeted by his Iraqi Kurdish counterpa ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 25, 2018 
The US Air Force on Wednesday test launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, officials said.
According to a statement from Air Force Global Strike Command, the missile took off at 5:26 am (12:26 GMT) and was successful.
"A reliable test launch occurs when a test missile launches, completes its flight path within a d ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2018 
China warned the United States on Thursday against harming trade after a report that US authorities had opened an investigation into suspected violations of Iran sanctions by China's Huawei Technologies.
A US Justice Department probe would come on the back of subpoenas issued to the company by the US Commerce and Treasury Departments over sanctions-related issues, according to the Wall Stree ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) April 26, 2018 
One man died and 16 were injured in a toxic phenol leak at a chemical plant in the northwestern Czech city of Decin on Thursday, rescuers said.
"One man in serious condition, who was already resuscitated on the spot, died at an intensive care unit this afternoon," Ivo Chrastecky, spokesman for the Krajska zdravotni company running hospitals in the region, told AFP.
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 Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 26, 2018 
China is planning four deep space exploration missions before 2030, including probes to Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, says Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
China would launch its first Mars probe in 2020, and it was expected to orbit around, land and put a rover on the Red Planet, Pei told a space confe ... more |
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 Moyu County, China (AFP) April 26, 2018  The civilian group descended on the village under government instructions to "win the people's hearts", but it also had a darker mission: identifying and punishing threats to the Chinese state.
Four months after the Communist Party sent the "work team" to Akeqie Kanle, a fifth of its adult population - over 100 people - had disappeared into detention and re-education centres.
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 Tehran (AFP) April 19, 2018 
Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia held a meeting in Baghdad on Thursday of military and security officials to coordinate "anti-terrorism" efforts, the Iranian defence ministry said.
"Cooperation in intelligence between the four countries for common aims and anti-terrorism missions has been successful in restoring stability and security, and it should form the basis for future cooperation," Defenc ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 
The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.
The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator.)
The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kilowatts to test their ability to zap ... more |
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